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mullions

[muhl-yuhn] Origin

mul·lion

[muhl-yuhn] Architecture
noun
1.
a vertical member, as of stone or wood, between the lights of a window, the panels in wainscoting, or the like.
2.
one of the radiating bars of a rose window or the like.
verb (used with object)
3.
to furnish with, or to form into divisions by the use of, mullions.

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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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Origin:
1560–70; metathetic variant of monial

un·mul·lioned, adjective
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Word Origin & History

mullion
"vertical column between the lights of a window," 1560s, metathesis of M.E. moyniel, from Anglo-Fr. moinel, noun use of moienel (adj.) "middle," from O.Fr. meien "intermediate, mean." Related: Mullioned.
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